half-title, containing the only evidence of edition), T. Becket, 1781-A Trip to Scarborough, altered from Vanbrugh's Relapse, first ed., G. Wilkie, 1781-Burgoyne (J.) The Heiress, a Comedy, first ed., 1786-Booth (Barton). Memoirs, to which are added several Poetical Pieces, first ed., portrait, 1733-Lee (H.) The New Peerage, a Comedy, stipple portrait of Mrs. Billington, 1787-Goldsmith (O.) She Stoops to Conquer, second ed., 1773, and other Plays (192), in 31 vol., contemporary mottled cf. gt., some joints broken, sold as a collection, 8vo. (230), May 17, Sotheby Spencer, £56 Plinius Secundus (Caius). Historia Naturalis [Hain-Copinger *13095, Proctor 4445], wanting the first leaf (containing short title), a few 11. repaired, some stained and wormed, hf. vellum, Venice, Renaldus of Nijmegen, 6 June, 1483, folio (728), May 17, Sotheby Last, £3 [See also Ed. 1497-Amer. Art Assoc., Nov. 18, $45 ; Ed. 1559-Sotheby, Dec. 14, £31; Ed. 1582-Sotheby, May 3, £25s.; Ed. 1634-Hodgson, Dec. 9, £4 8s.; Jan. 13, 4; May 5, £2 18s.] Pliny the Younger. Epistolæ; Panegyricus, cum enarrationibus J. M. Catanaei, roman letter, 230 ll., text surrounded by commentary, woodcut initials, dark green cf., panelled sides, blind tooled by Gozzi of Modena, Venice, G. & B. da Lisona, 1510, folio (573), June 14, Sotheby [See also Ed. 1625-July 5, £5.] Edwards, £3 Plot (Dr. Robert). The Natural History of Stafford-shire, folding map (slightly torn) and plates, old (255), June 28, Sotheby [See also July 26, £1 158.; July 29, £2 May 25, 1 10S.] cf., 1686, folio Thorp, £3 5s. 15s.; Dowell, Plowden (Edmund). Les Comentaries, ou les Reportes, first Latino carmine reddita, etc. (A[2]-6, B-H 8, I 2), corners Rosenbach, £20 Plutarch. Epithome Plutarchi, gothic letter, full-page woodcut facing fol. 1, some head-lines shaved and a few pp. stained, modern brown mor., g.e., Ferrara, Laurentius de Valetia, 1501, sm. 4to. (243), July 22, Hodgson Plutarch. Solomons, £3 Vitæ illustrium virorum sive Parallelæ, 2 vol., roman letter, long lines, 49 to a page, 512 11. (B.M. i. 62), the first page after the Table in Vol. i. with an initial P in blue on a red ground and a fine painted half-border of leafy arabesques, large capitals supplied by hand throughout in red and blue, a few marginal MS. notes in an old hand, russia, very fine and large copy, Duke of DevonshireHeber copy [Strassburg, the R- Printer, c. 1472], folio (390 by 280 mm.), (445), Mar. 22, Sotheby Quaritch, £195 [See also Ed. 1478-Anderson Gall., Nov. 23, second vol. only, $45.] Plutarch. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes. . translated out of Greeke into French by Iames Amyot . . . and out of French into Englishe, by Thomas North, first ed., medallion woodcut portraits, inscription on title and at end in an old hand "Sir Thomas fayrfax of Denton Knighte" (c. 1600), margin of title and next few ll. and margin of a few 11. at end water-stained, a few small wormholes through a few 11. at beginning, a few old penmarks on sig. *3 verso, the inner margin of a few ll. in the first portion of the book slightly stained, contemporary English binding, blind stamped cf. over wooden boards decorated with a roll containing medallion heads, masks, renascence ⚫ornaments, etc., upper cover very slightly defective and a little wormed, Imprinted at London by Thomas Vautrollier and Iohn Wight, 1579, folio (444), Mar. 22, Sotheby Quaritch, £200 [See also Ed. 1612-Sotheby, July 19, weak joints, £1 4s.; Ed. 1631-Hodgson, June 30, £4 17s. 6d.; Ed. 1657-Sotheby, July 29, £3 3s.] Plutarch. Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, translated by Sir Thomas North, with Additions, engraved title, and leaf of Explanation, old cf., gt. back, Cambridge, 1676 (523), June 10, Hodgson Bain, £3 7s. 6d. [See also April 21, £1 18s.; Ed. 1727-Hodgson, Oct. 14, 8 vol., £2; Ed. 1770-Sotheby, May 31, 8 vol., £4 18s.] Plutarch's Lives, the Translation called Dryden's, by Clough, 3 vol., cloth, Boston, 1881, 8vo. (57), Dec. 2, Hodgson Albery, £ 6s. [See also Ed. 1883-Sotheby, June 21, 1 10s.] Plutarch's Lives, Englished by Sir Thomas North, with Introduction by George Wyndham, 6 vol., hf. buckram, Tudor Translations, 1895-6, 8vo. (56), Dec. 2, Hodgson Maggs, £8 15s. [See also Dec. 9, £8 15s.; July 22, £8 8s.; Sotheby, Mar. 1, £9.] Plutarchi quæ exstant Omnia, cum Latina Interpretatione Cruserii et Xylandri, 2 vol., stained, old cf., gt. panelled sides, large stamped corner and centre-pieces, initials C.S. and date 1604 in latter, name "Charles Somersett" and motto 'Mutare vel Timere: Sperno" in frame on top and bottom cover respectively, rebacked, sold as a binding, Frankfort, 1599, folio (448), Mar. 15, Sotheby [See also Ed. 1624-Lot 449, £7 Ios.] Ellis, £8 10s. Pluvinel (Antoine de). L'Instruction du Roy de Monter A Cheval, full-page plates, cf., Amsterdam, 1666, folio (722), £1 12s. Poe (Edgar Allan). Eureka, a Prose Poem, first ed., orig. cloth, New York, 1848, 12mo. (651), Mar. 23, Anderson Gall. $65 Poe (E. A.) The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, first ed., 1838 (392), May 31, Dowell £12 Poe (E. A.) The Raven, and other Poems, first ed., blue mor., line borders, g.e., by Bradstreet, fine copy, New York, 1845, 12mo. (650), Mar. 23, Anderson Gall. $100 [Inserted in the volume are three of Poe's poems cut out of the original papers in which they appeared, with, in addition, two imitations.] Poe (E. A.) Tales and Poems, with Biographical Essay by J. H. Ingram, proof etchings by Damman on Japanese paper, LARGE PAPER (only 150 printed), 4 vol., hf. crushed mor., gt. backs, t.e.g., J. C. Nimmo, 1884 (178), June 28, Hodgson Heffer, £6 [See also Oct. 14, £1 13S.; June 16, £2 2s.] Poe (E. A.) Works: Tales, Poems, etc., edited by J. H. Ingram, fronts., 4 vol., cloth, uncut, A. & C. Black, 187475, 8vo. (206), Nov. 4, Hodgson Ellis, £1 16s. [See also Feb. 10, 1 7s.; Dowell, Feb. 22, £1 6s.; Ed. 1899-Hodgson, Mar. 24, £1 IS.] Poe (E. A.) Works, newly collected and edited by E. C. Stedman and G. E. Woodberry, one of 250 copies on LARGE PAPER, portraits and illustrations, proofs on India paper, and 4 plates on Japan vellum by Aubrey Beardsley in a separate portfolio, 10 vol. and portfolio, gt. decorated vellum, uncut, Chicago, Stone & Kimball, 1894-5, 8vo. (449), Feb. 8, Anderson Gall. $80 [See also Ed. 1895-Hodgson, June 16, 8 vol., £1 4s.; Ed. 1896-Hodgson, Dec. 9, 5 vol., £2 2s.; Ed. 1893Anderson Gall., Dec. 7, $80.] Poe (E. A.), The Complete Works of, with a Critical Introduction by Charles F. Richardson, set of the Tamerlane Ed., limited to 300 sets printed on Ruisdael handmade paper, of which this is No. 95, beautifully illustrated with woodcut vignettes, and full-page photogravures in two states, one set on Japan paper, the fronts. with one set col. by hand, 10 vol., dark green mor., sides with gt. fillets enclosing fan-shaped corner designs, g.t., uncut, with bookplate of Thomas B. Harned in each volume, New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons [1902], 8vo. (395), Feb. 4, Amer. 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Art Assoc. $155 Poems on Affairs of State, by Rochester, Marvell, Milton, Dryden, and others, 7 plates (cut into), names on titles, some 11. stained, 4 vol., old cf., the sides entirely covered by elaborate gt. tooling, 1697-1707, 8vo. (329), June 14, Sotheby Bain, £7 Poeniteas cito, gothic letter, 18 11., "Accipies" woodcut (cut A) on title, last leaf torn and mended, black sealskin [Hain *13161, Proctor 1315, Voulliéme 974], Cologne, Heinrich Quentell, 10 June, 1493, 4to. (214), May 3, Sotheby P. Stevens, £6 Poetae Christiana Veteres [Gr. et Lat.], 4 vol. in 1, full modern russia, with title on obverse and owner's.name on reverse cover in gt., within blind-tooled and gt. fillets, by Sanford [Venice, Aldus, 1501-4], thick sm. 4to. (5), May 7, Amer. Art Assoc. $55 [The first work in which Aldus used his mark of the Anchor and Dolphin. First Aldine edition of the Early Christian Poets.] Poetae Graeci Principes Heroici Carminis, etc., ed. H. Stephanus, 17th century brown mor., the sides wholly covered with a gt. geometrical and floral design, arms blind-stamped in centre, g.e., skilfully rebacked and in sound condition, Henry Drury's copy, 1566, folio (263), Dec. 17, Hodgson Myers, 16 IOS. Poetae Graeci veteres, old cf., rebacked and new corners, Geneva, typis Petri de la Rouiere, 1614, thick folio (22), Nov. 9, Anderson Gall. $77.50 $60 [Mrs. Browning's own copy,__ inscribed on fly-leaf: "Robert & Elizabeth Barrett Browning (50 Wimpole Street) 1842," in the handwriting of Mrs. Browning.] Poetical Magazine, first ed., 4 vol., polished cf. (rubbed), gt. backs, g.e., by Tout, London, R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1809-11, 8vo. (484), Feb. 8, Anderson Gall. [Contains the very first appearance in print of the famous "Doctor Syntax," here entitled "The Schoolmaster's Tour." Twenty-eight of the plates by Rowlandson illustrate the Tour. The engraved title-pages have been trimmed close at the bottom, cutting off the engraved line of imprint on three of the title-pages. See also Lot 483, $180; Amer. Art Assoc., April 14, $110.] Poetical Novels or Tales (Miscellanious [sic]), relating many pleasing and instructive Instances of Wit and Gallantry in Both Sexes, suited to the Belle-Humeur of the Present Age, adorn'd with Sculptures, 12 l., including title, vig nettes, unbnd., J. Nutt, 1705 (dated in pen “14. Aprill”), folio (391), Mar. 15, Sotheby Wells, £8 15s. Poetry. A manuscript volume containing a variety of fugitive pieces, epigrams, elegies, satires, etc., many anonymous, some by Ben Jonson, Thomas Randolph, Sir John Harrington, Sir Philip Sidney, William Strode, and other known writers, 128 pp. (618 by 4 in.), orig. cf., 17th Century (352), Mar. 29, Sotheby Maggs, £31 [For full details of contents see Auctioneer's catalogue.] Poggio (Bracciolini). The Facetiæ, or Jocose Tales, English translation, with Latin text, 2 vol., wrappers, J. Liseux, 1879, 8vo. (236), Mar. 31, Hodgson Mercer, £1 14S. [See also Sotheby, Feb. 1, £3 3s.] Polacco (Giorgio). Anticopernicvs Catholicvs, sev de terrae statione, et de solis motv, contra systema Copernicanum, Catholicae Assertiones (*, A-N 6 in fours), plates, including a view of the Moon on p. 18, Venice, 1644Torrensis (Franciscus). De sola lectione legis & prophetarum Iudaeis cum Mosaico vitu, & cultu permittenda : et de lesv in synagogis eorum ex lege, ac prophetis ostendendo, & annunciando (A-z 2 in fours), woodcut on title, device at end, Rome, V. & A. Doricus, of Brescia, 1555, bound together, orig. vellum, 4to. (215), May 3, Sotheby Quaritch, £10 IOS. [The first tract contains the findings and sentence of the Inquisition against Galileo in 1633, with his recantation; according to Karl von Gebler, the original text of these is not elsewhere preserved.] Poldo (Jean). Discours Historial de l'antique et illustre cité de Nismes, woodcuts, polished cf. gt., fine copy, Lyons, G. Roville, 1560, folio (216), May 3, Sotheby Thorp, £3 10s. Politianus (Angelus). Opera et alia lectu digna, roman characters, 38 lines to a page, with Greek passages, 452 11. with sigs. (K 4 a blank,, is not the original leaf), spaces left for initials with printed guides, initials supplied in red and blue, modern cf. antique, Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1498, folio (14A), Nov. 23, Anderson Gall. $45 [Renouard says of this edition: "Cette rare édition, l'une des plus belles qui soient sorties de l'imprimerie Aldine." The last leaf contains verses on the death of Lorenzo de Medici. Hain-Copinger *13218, Proctor 5567.] Pollard (Alfred W.) Last Words on the History of the Titlepage, with Notes on some Colophons, one of 260 copies, numerous facsimiles, front. in colour, cloth, uncut, London, 1891, 4to. (190), Nov. 23, Anderson Gall. $13.50 Pollard (A. W.) Shakespeare Folios and Quartos: a Study in the Bibliography of Shakespeare's Plays, 1594-1685, with 37 illustrations, hf. holland, 1909, folio (704), July 5, Sotheby Halliday, £4 5s. Pollock (Sir F.) and Maitland (F. W.) History of English Law, 2 vol., buckram, 1895 (84), June 29, Dowell 1 48. Polly Peacham's Jests, London, J. Roberts, 1728-The Life of |